FGCU men’s basketball team has won six straight non-conference games for the first time since joining Division I in 2007.

FGCU (7-3) looks to make that seven when the Eagles host Georgia Southern (4-5) tonight.

No quick scouting or game-planning was necessary after the Eagles raced past FIU, 82-63, on Sunday night. FGCU, which will be playing its third game in five days, won at Georgia Southern, 85-82, on Dec. 4.

In Statesboro, FGCU built a 42-33 halftime lead and upped that to 17 points with 12:24 to go, but was fortunate to survive.

“Obviously we had some problems, especially in the second half,” FGCU coach Joe Dooley said. “It was a game of big runs. They made a huge run, I think 15-0 run. We made a big run to get it up to nine at the half. We got it up to 17 ... we turned it over and didn’t get back in transition. Those are things we can look at. We’ll be able to take some things from that.”

The biggest problem for the Eagles was turnovers. They had 16 and those Eagles scored 25 points off them.

“We turned it over in awful situations,” Dooley said.

The defense, too, let the Eagles down as Georgia Southern shot 54.5 percent from the field and made 3 of 6 3-point attempts in the second half.

“Our defensive transition wasn’t good,” Dooley said. “Our ball-screen defense wasn’t as good as it should be. Those are things we’ve been working on.”

On the flip side, FGCU had 23 assists and shot 61.4 percent from the field and a just-fine 35.3 percent from behind the arc. Four Eagles scored in double figures led by 17 points from junior guard Christian Terrell. Sophomore point guard Zach Johnson had 16, junior center Antravious Simmons had 13 and junior point guard Brandon Goodwin had 12 to go with a game-high 10 assists.

“We have to stay consistent defensively and keep our energy level up,” Goodwin said. “Even if we get out on a run or they get out on a run, just stay within ourselves. Play as a team. Don’t put your head down when things don’t go our way. Also, we have to keep our turnovers down.”

Georgia Southern — which was led by 23 points from sophomore guard Ike Smith and 21 from classmate Tookie Brown 23 against FGCU — was pummeled, 86-49, at Minnesota on Friday night, when those Eagles shot just 30 percent from the field and were outrebounded by 16.

“I’m embarrassed and we have some prideful guys in the locker room and they are embarrassed, too,” Georgia Southern coach Mark Byington said right after. “That’s not what we’re all about. We didn’t show up tonight, and we’re going to have to make some changes. The biggest thing is I don’t mind getting beat. I don’t like not competing and I felt like we didn’t compete the whole 40 minutes tonight.

“We have to make some changes in order to get out of this right now.”

The Eagles are starting to get a bigger boost from All-Atlantic Sun senior forward Marc-Eddy Norelia, who missed the first four games with a broken hand. Norelia is up to 18.7 minutes per game and he averages 8.5 points after leading the Eagles with 17.1 last season.

“We need to respect every opponent that we play,” Norelia said. “Even though we were fortunate that we won the game last time, it didn’t end in a way we’d like for it to. We need to make sure we come out the right way and also finish in the right way.”

Georgia Southern Men (4-5) at FGCU (7-3)

Where: Alico Arena, Fort Myers

When: Tuesday, 7 p.m.

Internet: ESPN3

Series: FGCU leads 1-0

Three-point Shots:

1) Guard Those Guards. Sophomore guards Ike Smith and Tookie Brown combined for 44 points in FGCU’s 85-82 win at Georgia Southern on Dec. 4. Both obviously have the ability to break things open. This probably will be the key.

2) Don’t Let Up. FGCU had a 17-point second-half lead at Georgia Southern on Dec. 4 before holding on for the three-point win. The Eagles said after swatting FIU down by 19 points on Sunday that the focus will be on finishing the deal here.

3) Take Care of the Ball. Although FGCU starts two point guards — junior Brandon Goodwin and sophomore Zach Johnson — turnovers continue to be a problem. At Georgia Southern, FGCU had 16 of them and that led to 25 other Eagles points. If the home Eagles can clean that up, they should be fine here. If not, they’ll be in trouble.